BUSINESS PEOPLE
BANKING
Arvest Bank promoted Deysi Santos to business development officer in Little Rock.
Brad Chambless has been appointed as chief executive officer and president of Farmers and Merchants Bank and the Bank of Fayetteville .
Simmons Bank has chosen Shelly Arnold to direct and lead its Private Client Group.
Marcia McVay is now controller at Farm Credit Midsouth.
INSURANCE
Jason Treece has been promoted to vice president for strategic account management at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
UTILITY
Conway Corp. has announced the promotion of Henry Mason to manager, Electric Distribution System.
LEGAL
Adrienne Griffis has been elected to partnership at Dover Dixon Horne
The Gibson & Keith, PLLC, law firm of Monticello announced that attorney Daniel Wigley has joined their firm.
Rose Law Firm named Bourgon Reynolds as a member of the law firm in 2020.
MEDICINE
Carina Torres Sanvicente, M.D., has joined the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as a glaucoma specialist.
C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been named one of “65 total knee replacements surgeons to know” by Becker’s Healthcare.
NONPROFIT
Arkansas Hospice President & CEO Judy Wooten has received the 2020 ACHE Regent’s Award for Senior Level Healthcare Executive.
Carlton Wing and and David Porter have joined the CareLink Board of Directors for 2021.
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